how much time do you have? https://twitter.com/Alicia83936449/status/1278389202795876355
because i don't like feeling like a stranger in my own hometown

just like all of you, i too want representation that looks and sounds like me and my family

because the cost of living is skyrocketing due to the influx of new people while wages are suppressed
because i'm tired of being demonized by the media, academia, and the press, for simply existing

because i care about my history

because the local hospitals look like a scene from Mogadishu

because the corner-store is now a war zone
because i cannot understand a fucking thing the cashier is trying to say, and they can't understand me

because my friends and family can be fired for hurting your fragile feelings

because rush hour traffic jams--the freeway system was not designed to handle mass migration
because i can't enjoy a movie or pretzel in my local mall without seeing a tribal brawl

because my tools were stolen from a job site at lunch in the diverse part of town and the police would not even make a report due to all the "hot" calls they had
and honestly, just because i don't like 'em, and i don't need to either.

there are still school and churches on the East coast that my great-grandpa build. this is my homeland, you all have your own. this one is mine.
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